THAT'S THE MESSAGE
FOR THE GOVERNOR.
YEAH, IF YOU'RE SAFE WHERE
YOU ARE, STAY PUT.
THERE'S SO MUCH DAMAGE AS
WELL AND THEN THEY'RE CHECKING
OUT THE DAMAGE AND THEY'RE IN
DEER FIELD BEACH.
WE'RE TOLD THAT THE END OF
THE PIER WHERE THEY FISHED IS
GONE.
SOMETHING SIMILAR
HAPPENED AFTER HURRICANE SANDY.
IN FACT, SOMEONE THAT WORKS IN
THE CITY TOLD ME THAT IT'S
DESIGNED THAT WAY BECAUSE BY THE
END OF THE PIER COLLAPSING, IT
HELPS TO MAINTAIN THE STRUCTURE
AND INTEGRITY OF THE PIER.
NOW
A CITY SPOKES PERSON SAID THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE CREWS OUT
TO CHECK THIS OUT AND DETERMINE
EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
THE PIER IS CLOSED AT THIS
POINT.
IT'S A POPLAR SPOT.
WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING BY
AND TAKING
PICTURES.
PEOPLE THAT COME HERE
AND FISH ALL OF THE TIME.
WHILE
THE PIER IS CLOSED, THE BEACH IS
OPENED FOR BUSINESS.
IF YOU
WANT TO GO OVER TO THE LEFT,
THERE'S A NUMBER OF SURFERS IN
THE BEACH, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
OUT ON THE BEACH.
MAYBE 150
PEOPLE OR SO THAT WE HAVE SEEN
IN THE GENERAL AREA BECAUSE
SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED AND PEOPLE
ARE OFF OF WORK.
THEY WANTED TO
COME AND DO SOMETHING.
I TALKED
TO FOLKS IN OAKLAND PARK.
THEY
TOLD US THAT THEY HAD 16 DOWNED
POWERLINES IN THAT CITY.
NO
INJURIES AND NO MAY JUROR
DAMAGE.
THEY HAD A COUPLE OF
GOOD NEWS STORIES WHERE I GUESS
TWICE DURING THE HURRICANE FIRE
AND RESCUE CREWS WENT OUT AND
TOOK WOMAN THAT WERE PREGNANT TO
THE HOSPITAL FOR THE BABIES.
A
DOCK AT THE PARK AND THE CITY
OWNED DOCK, THEY BELIEVE WAS
DAMAGED.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF
TREES ON HOMES, BUT NOTHING
MAJOR WE WERE TOLD.
NO
INJURIES.
NOTHING MAJOR.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
WE DO
SEE THE POCKETS THAT SOME OF THE
SPOTLIGHTS WORK.
WE SAW A
COUPLE OF GAS STATIONS THAT WERE
OPEN AND THE LINES WERE QUEUING
UP OF CARS AND WANTED TO GET
GAS.
I SAW SEVERAL PEOPLE
SAYING THAT THERE'S A PUBLIX IN
WEST END THAT'S OPENED.
PEOPLE
ARE BEGINNING TO HAVE THE SENSE
IS OF NORMALCY AND GETTING BACK
TO THE ROUTINE.
THERE ARE TREES
OUT ON THE ROADS AND DOWNED
POWERLINES AS WELL.
THAT'S SORT OF THE SITUATION
RIGHT NOW IN NORTH BROWARD
SECTOR OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
ELLIOT
AND VANESSA, BACK TO YOU GUY IN
THE STUDIO.
LOOKS LIKE SOME ARE ENJOYING
THE DAY AFTER FROM THE STORM
SURF.
IT LOOKS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL DAY
TO BE OUT THERE ON THE BEACH.
YOU HAD A BETTER DAY THAN I DID
BECAUSE I STOPPED AT A PUBLIX
AND WAS TOLD LATER ON.
AS FAR
AS THE SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THAT THEY'RE
HOPEFUL -- HE SAYS THAT CLASSES
ARE CANCELLED FOR NOW, BUT
HOPEFUL BY THURSDAY PARENTS WILL
BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR KIDS BACK
IN SCHOOL.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE
THE PARENT OF YOUNG KIDS.
IS
THAT GOOD NEWS?
YOU KNOW THAT
KIDS WILL BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO
SCHOOL ON THURSDAY?
Reporter: WELL, SURE.
FOR A
GO BACK TO WORK, THAT DOES
PRESENT A CHILD CARE ISSUE
ASSING IMAGINE.
THEY MAY HAVE
TO GO BACK TO WORK TODAY.
WE
KNOW THAT SOME OF THE CITIES
WERE ASKING EMPLOYEES TO COME
IN.
WHEN THE KIDS ARE AT HOME,
AND YOU HAVE TO GO TO WORK,
THAT'S A CHALLENGE.
CERTAINLY,
YOU KNOW, ANY TIME THAT I GET TO
SPEND WITH MY KIDS IF THEY'RE
NOT AT SCHOOL IS A BONUS.
IT'S
A BENEFIT.
IT'S THE BEST TIME
OF MY DAY FOR SURE WITH MY WIFE
AND KIDS.
YOU WORRY OF THE
ROUTINE.
THEY'RE PROGRESSING
AND JUST GETTING BACK IN TO
SCHOOL AND THEN RAPT IT.
NOW
IT'S EVERYBODY AND THE WHOLE
FLOW OF THE SCHOOL AND TEACHERS
AND EVERYBODY HAS TO GET BACK IN
THE LEARNING ROUTINE.
I AM SURE
THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE SAFE.
A
LOT OF THE SCHOOLS ARE SHELTERS.
YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT
WORKS TOO.